notch in mountains (noun)
1notch — /nɒtʃ / (say noch) noun 1. a more or less angular cut, indentation, or hollow in a narrow object or surface or an edge. 2. a cut or nick made in a stick or other object for record, as in keeping a score. 3. US a deep, narrow opening or pass… …
2notch — 1 noun (C) 1 a V shaped cut in a surface or edge: He made three notches in the stick. 2 a degree or level on a scale of achievement, social position etc: Her new book is several notches above anything else she has written. 3 AmE a passage between …
3chain of mountains — noun a series of hills or mountains the valley was between two ranges of hills the plains lay just beyond the mountain range • Syn: ↑range, ↑mountain range, ↑range of mountains, ↑chain, ↑mountain chain …
4range of mountains — noun a series of hills or mountains the valley was between two ranges of hills the plains lay just beyond the mountain range • Syn: ↑range, ↑mountain range, ↑chain, ↑mountain chain, ↑chain of mountains …
5in|dent´er — in|dent1 «verb. ihn DEHNT; noun. IHN dehnt, ihn DEHNT», verb, noun. –v.t. 1. to make notches in (an edge, line, or border); notch: »The mountains indent the horizon. 2. to form notches or deep bays in; penetrate: »an indented coast. 3. to begin… …
6in|dent — in|dent1 «verb. ihn DEHNT; noun. IHN dehnt, ihn DEHNT», verb, noun. –v.t. 1. to make notches in (an edge, line, or border); notch: »The mountains indent the horizon. 2. to form notches or deep bays in; penetrate: »an indented coast. 3. to begin… …
7mountain chain — noun a series of hills or mountains the valley was between two ranges of hills the plains lay just beyond the mountain range • Syn: ↑range, ↑mountain range, ↑range of mountains, ↑chain, ↑chain of mountains …
8mountain range — noun a series of hills or mountains the valley was between two ranges of hills the plains lay just beyond the mountain range • Syn: ↑range, ↑range of mountains, ↑chain, ↑mountain chain, ↑chain of mountains …
9mountain pass — noun the location in a range of mountains of a geological formation that is lower than the surrounding peaks we got through the pass before it started to snow • Syn: ↑pass, ↑notch • Hypernyms: ↑location • Hyponyms: ↑col, ↑ …
10Cumberland Gap — noun a pass through the Cumberland Mountains between Virginia and Kentucky that early settlers used in order to move west • Instance Hypernyms: ↑pass, ↑mountain pass, ↑notch • Part Holonyms: ↑Cumberland Mountains, ↑Cumberland Plateau …
